Kicker (EP)
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| Released | June 8, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Studio | Fire 'N' Ice Studio | |||
| Genre | Emo, pop punk | |||
| Length | 13:00 | |||
| Label | Polyvinyl Record Co. | |||
| Producer | The Get Up Kids | |||
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Kicker is an EP by American rock band The Get Up Kids.
The EP was the band's first release on Polyvinyl Record Co., their first music released on a label other than Vagrant Records since Live! @ the Granada Theater shortly before their breakup in 2005.[1] Having taken an unofficial hiatus since the release of 2011's There Are Rules, the band began to talk about making new music at 2017's When We Were Young festival.[2] The band had been touring on and off since their last album, but were feeling restless playing old music. On the EP's release, lead singer Matt Pryor said "we don’t need to put out new music to make money. We can keep playing the old songs and going away and coming back for seemingly who knows how long. But the fact is: we wanted to make new art."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by The Get Up Kids
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maybe" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Better This Way" | 3:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Sorry" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "My Own Reflection" | 3:34 |
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Independent | [5] |
| Kerrang! | [6] |
| Pitchfork Media |  [7] |
| Popmatters | [8]
https://www.allmusic.com/album/kicker-mw0003171134?1657146650089 |
The EP received largely positive reviews from critics. Pitchfork's Ian Cohen called Kicker "the most satisfying Get Up Kids release in nearly 20 years," commenting that it "effortlessly recapture[s]" the energy of the band's early work, and comparing its sound to bands like Beach Slang and Superchunk.[9] UK's The Independent called the EP a "return to form" that "reveals an expected sense of maturity."[10]
Tem Sendra of AllMusic also remarked on the release's departure from the band's more recent fare, writing "None of the measured indie rock sound of their late-period albums still exists; none of the electronics found on their previous reunion records made it through, either. Kicker is good-old emo with the energy of punk and the insistent melodies of pop, exactly what the Kids did so well at the turn of the century."[11] Julie River of Punknews.org wrote that Kicker "mercifully jettisons the style of There Are Rules to return to the style of the first four Get Up Kids albums (albeit with a few new twists) for the first time since 2004’s Guilt Show."[12]
Personnel[13]
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References
- ^ https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-get-up-kids-sign-to-polyvinyl-share-clip-of-new-music/
- ^ Cohen, Ian (April 30, 2019). "The Get Up Kids And Their Adult Problems". Stereogum. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ https://www.kerrang.com/dont-call-it-a-comeback-the-get-up-kids-on-new-music-creativity-and-evolution
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/kicker-mw0003171134?1657146650089
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lykke-li-new-album-review-so-sad-so-sexy-gruff-rhys-babelsberg-a8386231.html
- ^ [23 Jun 2018, p.55]
- ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-get-up-kids-kicker-ep/
- ^ https://www.popmatters.com/get-up-kids-kicker-2576157322.html
- ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-get-up-kids-kicker-ep/
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/lykke-li-new-album-review-so-sad-so-sexy-gruff-rhys-babelsberg-a8386231.html
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/kicker-mw0003171134?1657146650089
- ^ https://www.punknews.org/review/15865/the-get-up-kids-kicker
- ^ Liner notes
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